Sentenced To Marry Her Cook? Emperor Justinian II’s Bizarre Punishment Of A Rebel’s Wife

Yes, according to medieval chronicles, Emperor Justinian II of Constantinople (r. 685-695, 705-711) sentenced the wife of a rebel to marry her household cook....

A Summary Of 15th-Century Witchcraft Beliefs By Pope Innocent VIII

Pope Innocent VIII (r. 1484-1492) was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church when Jacob (or James) Sprenger and Heinrich (or Henry) Kramer began formulating...

Herbert Krause

Herbert Krause (c. 1905-1976) "I guess we never learn from the troubles of other folks; we learn only from our troubles; and then—then it's too...

Muse Of Lyric Poetry, By Henry Siddons Mowbray (c. 1858–1928)

This artwork, by the American artist Henry Siddons Mowbray (c. 1858–1928), depicts the Muse of Lyric Poetry and it is part of a series...

The Great Wall of China Is Held Together By Rice

(1907 photograph of the Great Wall of China, photographed by Herbert Ponting (1870-1935), via Creative Commons)   The official construction of the Great Wall of...

Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer (1342-1400) "Let's see who shall be first to tell a tale. And as I hope to drink good wine and ale I'll be your judge." ...

Reginald Scot

  Reginald Scot (c. 1537-1599) "I am also well assured, that if all the old women in the world were witches; and all the priests, conjurers:...

The Marriage Fiasco of Cleisthenes, Tyrant of Sicyon

(Painting of a ancient festival to Demeter, by Francis Davis Millet  (1846–1912), via Creative Commons)   The tyrant, Cleisthenes, is thought to have ruled the...

Mark Twain

Mark Twain (c. 1835-1910) "Homely truth is unpalatable." From The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Chapter 21), by Mark Tain (originally published 1876).
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